timeforchili
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OK, I've now read in several books and over a dozen posts on this site that UV light chemically alters hops causing a "skunky" smell/taste. What I've always wondered is what effect do temperature fluctuations have on beer? Specifically, if I get a growler of somthing cold on a road trip and it sits in my car's trunk for a weekend getting up to +100 deg, is it ruined? In college we always thought that brew thats been iced down and warmed up (usually leftovers in a cooler after a party) will taste nasty, or nastier for that matter if nastier is even a word. Is this fact or fiction?